in this paper, a multi-period and multi-resource operating room (or) scheduling and rescheduling problem with elective and semi-elective (semi-urgent) patients is addressed. a scheduling-rescheduling framework based on the so-called rolling horizon approach is proposed to solve the problem. the core of the proposed framework is a novel proposed mixed-integer linear programming (milp) model with...

background: personal protection equipments (ppes) should be easily accessible to decrease contact with infecting factors and also should be used purposefully to effectively keep the health care personnel in a safe distance from the patient blood and body fluid which can easily infect the operating rooms personnel. this study aimed to find the operating rooms' personnel compliance with standards...

Present-day operating rooms (ORs) are inefficient and overcrowded, and the turnover between cases is often lengthy and variable. New technologies and devices are often introduced haphazardly into an already technologically complex environment. Patient data and images are not well integrated or displayed in a timely fashion. This lack of integration of technology and information further strains ...

The quality of specimen fixation was examined within a routine diagnostic histopathology service. For each specimen the adequacy of fixation was assessed and the transit time between operating theatre and the laboratory was measured. Preliminary fixation was found to be inadequate in 25% of specimens and some form of manipulation to assist fixation was required in 36% of specimens. The mean tra...